Improvement in deodorizing-afparatus for water-closets



N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASNINGTON. D C

dnml tatnz HE-NRY MOULE, OF FORDINGTON, AND HENRY JOHN GIRDLE- STONE, OFLONDON, ENGLAND.

' Letters Patent Na. 91,474, (lated .Tune 15, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT DEODORIING-APPARATUS FOR WATR-CLOSETS.

The Seledule-,ret'an'ed to in these Letters Patent and makingv part ofthe samo.

To all whom' 'it 'may coace'n:

Company, limited, have invented certain new and useful I mprovements inEarth-O Iosets and (lommodes; and we do hereby declare' that thehllowing is a' full and exact description tber'eot; reference being hadto the accompanying dlawings, and to the letters of reference `markedthereon.

Our invention relate's to improvements in apparatus to be used inclosets and commodes, in which dry and powdered earths, (consisting ofclay in a dry, unburued state, or loam,) lime, peat, and other dryvegetable matters, in powder, but mone especially dry earths, areemployed for -deodorizing the fresh excrementitious mat-ters, bycoveriug or dustiug them over with such powdered and dry earths.

igure 1 of the drawings shows a perspective View, an

Figure 2, a transverse section' of an earth-closet a-pparatus, having apull-lever action.

The apparatus consists of a reservoir or hopper, A, filled with a dryand sifted matter.

Th'is hopper A is hung on pivots B B, at the upper part, disposed sothat it may swing forward by its own gravity.

The lower end of the hopper opeus in what we term a chucker, O, ibrdischargingthe earth in suificient quantity into a suitable receptacleon the excrementitious matteis below.

This 'chucker O, which is alw. ys charged with earth, is mounted on anaxis, D, carried in bearings at either side, in the Vertical positionshown in fig. l, and its open bottom supported immediately above a fixedplate, G'. i

The chucker-a-xis D\ is connected by an arm, E, fixed thereon, to a bentlever, F, joiuted at one end to the uprights of the closet-casiug, saidlever F being connected to' a pull-handle, G.

The parts being thus arranged, and enclosed in a suitable casingprovided with a seat, the person using the closet, on rising from 'theseat, raises the pullhandle G, which, being connected'to the`lever F,and so, with the axis of the uchucker C, brings the latter to ahorizontal position, as shown, dotted, for'discharging the earthymatters contained on to the excreta in the receptacle below.

The chucker O, in rising to'a horizontal position,

.strikes against the bottom part of the hopper A, and

so oscillates said hopper onlits axis B, in a backward direction, ,andwhen the chucker'reassumes the Vertical position, on the pull-handle Gbeing released, the

hopper A falls forward, and again discharges a portion of the earth itcontains into the chucker, as before.

Figure 3 of the dmwings shows a perspective view of the apparatus beforedescribed, iu which the action of the chueker and hopper is produced bythe aid of the seat, instead of by a pull-haudle, as before.

Figure dshows a tlansverse section of this apparatus.

In this case, two oscillating levers, E, are employed, mounted, one ateither side, which fare connected to those at one end .by means of linksFx F', and at the other end, by means of additional links Fz Fpto thearms E E of the chucker-axis D, before referred to.l

In this arrangement, the chuckerO assumes a horizontal'positionfwhen notin use.

The action is as follows:

When thevcloset is used, the person, by the act of seating himself,depresses the forward ends of levers F by means of links F' F', therebyraising the links E2 F2 ofchucker'axis, and bringing the chucker to aVertical position, as shown in d'otted lines.

This motion permits of the oscillating hopper B coming forward anddischarging a portion of its contents into the chucker O, in readinessfor use.

On the person rising from the seat,the counterbalance-weightsH H bringthe levers E to their original position, at same time that the chucker0, in resuming its original position, discharges the earth contained onto the excreta in the receptacle, and moves back the hopper A, asbefore.

X fi's. 2 and 4 is a reservoir laced above the' hopper' A of the closet,and serving to contain the earthy matters,.which are iutroduced, eitherby a lid at top, as seen, or through an' opening at back.

These reservoirs X are not employed in the case of co'mmodes. l

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States of America, is-

1. The oscillating hopper A, the chucker O, upon the oscillating shaftD, the shelf O', pivoted lever F, and haudle G, combined toeperateWithin the case, substantially :ts-described, for the purpose specified.

2. The oscillating hopper A, the chncker O, upon the oscillating shattE, and the weighted levers, in combination with each other, and thehinged seat, substantially as described, for the p'urpose specified.

The above specification of our invention signed by us, this4th day ofMarch, 1869.

HENR-Y MOULE. H. J. G%DLESTONE.

` Witnesses:

J. DAIsH, 53 Ohancery Lane, M. WYNN, 24 Royal Exchange.

